NHER 68111 (Building record) - 29 Market Place

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Summary

This two-storey building was built as a house in the early 17th century and altered and conterved to a shop in the late 19th century. It has walls of flint with brick dressings, a rendered and colourwashed façade and a pantile roof. The east gable wall represents one of the surviving elements of the original 17th-century building.

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Location

Map sheet TF80NW
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

29 Market Place. Previously recorded under NHER 34718.

January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, now shop. Early 17th century, altered and converted [in] late 19th century to shop. Flint with brick dressings, the facade rendered and colourwashed. Pantile roof. Exterior: two storeys; two-window range...Internal gable-end stack to east. East gable wall of early 17th century: flint with brick dresssings and brick diaper patterning. 20th-century extensions to rear. Interior: first floor not inspected but ground floor has no features of special interest. Part of a very significant group in the Market Place and included for group value."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.

[Nos 25, 27 and 29 originally an] early 17th-century house altered 19th century converted to shops. Flint and brick, rendered. YT plan. Internal gable stack to east. Rear wing with east doorway with label stops. 19th-century windows. Reset datestone 1655. Interior has tongue and runout stops. Ground floor east room with two wave moulded bridging beams with runbout stops. Rear wing roof of upper crucks.
Details from 1996 Listed Building Description (S1).
Exterior seen by E. Rose (NLA), 1999.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 3 November 1999.

  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269593.

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Record last edited

Dec 11 2024 1:18PM

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